清洗者流言（内部传阅） Cleaner Myth (For Internal)

一页元老院的内部参考资料，正文疑似是一则传信石版上的谣言，送审与批阅者皆不明。 An internal reference from Council of Elders, seemingly a rumor transcribed from a teleslate. The sender and reviewer are unknown.

这张稿件上，由不明人士手写着一段批注——

This manuscript includes a handwritten note from an unidentified person —

转卡勒克提斯：最近在传信石版上，这条阴谋论传播颇多，产生了一定的负面影响。我们需要一些治理…但掌握好分寸，不要给人留下我们对这种无稽之谈十分敏感的印象。对戏言太过较真，反而会让一些人相信确有其事。

To Callictis: Recently, this conspiracy theory has been circulating widely on the teleslate, causing a significant amount of negative attention. We need to take action... but we must be careful not to overreact, as we don't want to give the impression that we are overly sensitive to such baseless rumors. Being too serious about nonsense could make some people believe there's some truth to it.

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各位好奇的读者，不知道您最近是否在传信石版上听说过这样的传闻？

Dear curious readers, have you come across this rumor on the teleslate recently?

「清洗者组织的成员，个个都是技艺娴熟的暗杀者。他们传承技艺的方式，乃是谋杀自己的前辈、抽去他们由神秘金属打造的脊椎，然后再用炼金术将它置换进自己的身体。他们因此保有前辈的一切技巧和记忆，有时连人格都会被前辈的人格所覆盖。」

"The members of the Cleaner Order are highly skilled assassins. The way they pass on their techniques is by murdering their predecessors, extracting their spines made of mysterious metals, and using alchemy to transplant them into their own bodies. This allows them to inherit all of their predecessor's skills and memories. Sometimes, even their personalities are overwritten by those of their predecessors."

小编就此采访了一位奥赫玛本地的炼金术专家，没想到，竟然得到了一段惊人的答复！征得那位专家同意后（按照她本人的意愿隐去姓名），小编在这里省略了前后的寒暄内容，将大家最关心的部分直接转载出来！

To investigate further, I interviewed an alchemy expert from Okhema. To my surprise, I received a shocking response! With her permission (name omitted as per her request), I will skip the pleasantries and share with you the most important part of our conversation!

小编：真的可以用炼金术置换人类的记忆吗？

Interviewer: Is it really possible to use alchemy to transfer human memories?

专家：单靠炼金术肯定做不到。但如果把欧洛尼斯的神迹考虑进来…空穴来风，你说的那个传言并非没有可取之处。

Expert: Alone, alchemy can't do it. But if we consider the miracles of Oronyx... it's not completely without merit. The rumor you mentioned does have some truth to it.

小编：你的意思是，不管清洗者是不是真的如此，至少这种方法不是胡扯？

Interviewer: So you're saying that, whether or not the Cleaner Order actually does this, at least the method isn't entirely nonsense?

专家：人类的技能、知识…这些都可以被视作记忆。而如果求助于欧洛尼斯的神迹，我们就有办法把记忆转化为某种形式的实体…虽然「由神秘金属打造的脊椎」听上去不怎么可信，但不能否认，骨骼或者义肢确实也可以作为神迹的一种载体。

Expert: Human skills, knowledge... they can all be considered types of memory. And with Oronyx's miracles, we may have a way to convert memories into a tangible form... though "spine made of mysterious metals" sounds unbelievable, bones or prosthetics could certainly serve as a medium for such miracles.

小编：所以，借助于神迹和炼金术，记忆真的可以永生？

Interviewer: So, with the help of alchemy and miracles, memories could truly be made eternal?

专家：理论上是这样。但也仅仅是记忆而已。用这个办法不可能让死者复生，最多也只是「偷梁换柱」罢了。

Expert: In theory, yes. But only the memories. This method can't resurrect the dead. It's just a form of "substitution" at best.

小编：对不起，什么意思？

Interviewer: Sorry, what do you mean by that?

专家：举个例子。即使我拥有了我妈妈的记忆，能够回忆起她和爸爸的蜜月故事…那也不意味着我直接变成了我自己的妈妈啊。

Expert: For example, even if I possess my mother's memories and can recall stories of her honeymoon with my father... it doesn't mean I have become my mother.

小编：哦哦好的，理解了。

Interviewer: Ah, I see.

小编：但如果有一个组织，它的成员珍惜的并不是身家性命，而是技巧、秘密、甚至是情感上的某种爱或恨…那么选择这个方法进行传承，道理上就确实能说得通？

Interviewer: But if there were an organization that valued not its members' lives, but their skills, secrets, or even emotional attachments like love or hatred... then using this method to pass on those qualities would make sense, right?

专家：是这样没错。

Expert: Exactly.

小编：原来如此，感谢您的精彩解读！

Interviewer: I see, thank you for the fascinating explanation!